Reaching out to the world from onboard the JR
Portuguese students express gratitude after a live ship-to-shore tour. Expedition 397 ship-to-shore outreach tours have connected with people around the…
Voices of Expedition 397: Part 2
Throughout the expedition, I have been recording short conversations with people onboard. I’ve done this in English and then, where…
Voices of Expedition 397, Part 1
Throughout the expedition, I’ve recorded short conversations with people onboard. I’ve done this in English and then, where appropriate, also…
What’s in a name?
This post was written with contributions from Onboard Outreach Officer Amy Mayer and Co-Chief Scientist Dr. Fátima Abrantes. Fátima grew…
A case for onshore outreach
Students in Portugal work together to identify fossils in a core section and determine the ages of sedimentary layers [Maya…
Forget faster, let’s go deeper!
A white board in the core lab provides a quick reference to the depth the most recent cores came from….
Election results from the Expedition 397 “What’s your favorite ocean?” survey
One day at lunch a handful of us were discussing the world’s oceans, as often happens, and the conversation turned…
Let’s do that again – but faster!
Expedition 397 has arrived at the second site, which in IODP lore is officially called U1587. From the deck of…
Making microfossils massive for the masses
When I found out I’d be joining this expedition as the outreach officer, I explored the creative projects previous education and…
What to do while we’re WOW-ing
Sound asleep a few minutes before my alarm was set to go off, a somewhat large swell jerked me awake…